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May 5, 2024
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letthewookieewin
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RE: I bet the sumo wrestlers training in Japan every day for most of their lives would be an OL recruiting goldmine
Sports Illustrated
Colorado State Awards Football Scholarship to Sumo Wrestler
The Japan native and former amateur sumo wrestler joined the Rams program as a walk-on this season.
https://www.si.com/college/2023/12/16/colorado-state-football-hidetora-hanada-sumo-wrestler-scholarship
If this guy works out, I’ll bet you see more teams poke around in Japan
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Micah Parsons vs sumo
letthewookieewin
Walking Carpet
May 5, 12:31pm
I bet the sumo wrestlers training in Japan every day for most of their lives would be an OL recruiting goldmine
dryflyelk
May 5, 12:36pm
RE: I bet the sumo wrestlers training in Japan every day for most of their lives would be an OL recruiting goldmine
letthewookieewin
May 5, 12:37pm
I got to attend a sumo tournament in Tokyo last summer. Amazing. There were stables all around that area
dryflyelk
May 5, 12:42pm
Their stamina is brutally tested during training. Not similar to tourney matches
scootsy
May 5, 12:47pm
A lot of the commentary seems to think that sumos would be better DTs than OL
letthewookieewin
May 5, 12:55pm
Because of context I just read “poke” as the Japanese word “poke”…
mvtoro
May 5, 1:29pm
It would be a huge distraction
stonecougar
May 5, 1:08pm
Watch the movie “the replacements”. They recruiting a sumo wrestling Center
LeonMarek
May 5, 1:22pm
RE: Watch the movie “the replacements”. They recruiting a sumo
SUAVO
May 5, 3:35pm
I don’t recognize the rikishi which means he’s not Makuuchi or Juryo. Gotta be
scootsy
May 5, 12:41pm
The comments said he was only 17 and probably third tier
letthewookieewin
May 5, 12:46pm
There are six divisions and all wrestlers are ranked 1-600 every two months
scootsy
May 5, 12:50pm
NFL guy got one in the end. Did you watch it all?
Madam Pattirini
May 5, 1:28pm
Poster identifies him by name and says he’s ranked #114 of those ~600 guys. He’s in the top quartile. That doesn’t sound
mvtoro
May 5, 1:46pm
yep... those sumos are nobodies
Strawhat4life
May 5, 2:38pm
I had a companion on my mission in Japan we talked into entering a Sumo
BYURider
May 5, 12:46pm
What did “got in trouble” entail? Just curious. A talking to or something else?
Kevin Arnold
May 5, 12:55pm
mostly just a talking to. Told not to do it again, and a mission-wide memo
BYURider
May 5, 1:09pm
We had a few wrestlers from Hawai’i have great success in Sumo. I’d tune in
ImuaKahuku
May 5, 1:21pm
He wouldn’t do that to Yokozuna!
Cougar4life123
May 5, 2:30pm
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